Player		Team            	MRP
C.C. Sabathia	Cleveland Indians    	$18.04
Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays    	$16.13
Joe Blanton	Oakland Athletics    	$15.76
Josh Beckett	Boston Red Sox        	$15.42
John Lackey	LA Angels of Anaheim    $14.91

Player		Team            	MRP
Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks    $17.75
Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres    	$15.60
Tim Hudson	Atlanta Braves        	$15.22
Aaron Harang	Cincinnati Reds        	$14.83
John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves        	$13.73

Player		Team            	MRP
Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees    	$28.28
Magglio Ordonez	Detroit Tigers        	$23.79
Vlad Guerrero	LA Angels of Anaheim    $20.55
David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox        	$20.49
Carlos Pena	Tampa Bay Devil Rays    $20.32

Player		Team           	 	MRP
David Wright	New York Mets        	$24.10
Hanley Ramirez	Florida Marlins        	$23.55
Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals    	$23.52
Miguel Cabrera	Florida Marlins        	$22.66
Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves        	$22.44

8 Responses to “ 2007 Awards ”

1. # 1 Ted Says:
   November 21st, 2007 at 9:09 am

   First off, I’m new to your site, enjoy it a lot, and my knowledge of economics is limited.

   That said, Joe Blanton’s name is a surprising one on this list. Is the MRP a function, therefore, of cheap labor as it relates to output/performance? If so, it seems that some expensive players still perform well enough to overcome that cost, while inexpensive players offer more revenue without the cost(?).

2. # 2 Edward Says:
   November 21st, 2007 at 9:55 am

   Conspicuous in their absence from this list are Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard and Cole Hamels. I am not afraid to admit that I funnel the Phillies Kool-Aid but am curious to see as how close they were too the top five in each of their respective categories. By the way, I see these numbers support your man-crush on Aaron Harang. I still haven’t figured that one out.

   Happy Thanksgiving,
   Ed

3. # 3 Bob Says:
   November 21st, 2007 at 12:04 pm

   Curious that only in the NL MVP race did the top two vote-getters not appear at all in your list.

4. # 4 Bob Says:
   November 21st, 2007 at 12:06 pm

   And now that I take another second to look at the list, the NL MVP race also has the smallest variation between spots 1 and 5 on your list and was also the closest vote for the actual awards too. Hum.

5. # 5 Jay Says:
   November 25th, 2007 at 3:50 pm

   Wow, so the Braves scored the third most runs in the NL AND had two of the top five most valuable starting pitchers and still failed to make the playoffs. I guess that show just how bad the back of the rotation truly was last year.

6. # 6 JC Says:
   November 26th, 2007 at 4:24 pm

   Utley (8) and Howard (10, and just barely) ranked higher than Rollins (11). They were all close, but I do feel that Rollins was a bad choice.

7. # 7 Edward Says:
   November 29th, 2007 at 1:40 pm

   Since you used “feel” in your response, there must be some qualitative reason, outside of what the data indicates, as to why Rollins was the wrong selection. Please elaborate.

8. # 8 JC Says:
   November 29th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

   Numbers do make me feel, so no there is no qualitative reason.

   Rollins was neither the best at his position nor the best player on his team. I would not have voted for Rollins. That is all I meant.